MDSB63H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pierre Schaeffer, Luigi Russolo, Sound Poetry
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John cage and the rearticulation of the idea of music. Pierre schaeffer, musique concrete and the idea of the acousmatic. Experimented with the use of recording technologies. Innovator of a genre known as musique concrete (phonographs, wire, audiotape) as key musical instruments. Pioneered the idea of using recording loops and electronic synthesis as musical elements. He starts using technology to record music. Builds composition under the tape -> loop. Any sound can be turn into music (music now is about organization of sound. ) Musique concrete is most important invention for modern music. Schaeffer and the idea of reduced listening. Listening for purpose of focusing on the qualities of the sound itself (pitch, timbre) independent of its source or meaning. michel chion. Both in terms of its visual and semiotic separation. Founded on the idea of the acousmatic, or the separation of sound from its source.
